Balancing health care evidence and art to meet clinical needs: Policymakers' perspectives

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 970-975

  Parker, Louise E ^a,b,c   Ritchie, Mona J ^b,c   Kirchner, Joann E ^a,b,c   Owen, Richard R ^b,c  

^a HSR and D Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research ^*  (United States)

^b VA Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Coordinating Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Art of medicine; Clinical need; Evidence based health care; Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 73549094242     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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